Deborah “Debbie” Taubert, 87, Beaver Creek, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at the Sanford Luverne Medical Center in Luverne.
A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at First Evangelical Free Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with a private family burial in Pleasant View Cemetery, rural Luverne.
Deborah Lundberg was born May 12, 1935, to Roland and Margaret Lundberg in Arpin, Wisconsin. In 1949, when Debbie was 14 years old, her family moved to Tumwater, Washington. She graduated from high school in 1953.
She married Floren Taubert on Dec. 25, 1954. The couple moved across the country to Floren’s family farm in Beaver Creek. They raised six children in the farmhouse in which Floren was born.
Debbie spent her life as a mother, a Sunday school teacher, AWANA leader, and helped any children in need. She loved her time with the children, and she enjoyed reading the Bible, spending time with Jesus in prayer, and journaling about her daily life. She liked playing board and card games, reading to her children and grandchildren, or putting together a puzzle. She loved attending her grandchildren’s music and sporting events.
Debbie is survived by her children, Dave (Sharon) Taubert, Annette (Dan) Hill, Gregg (Sharon) Taubert, Brian (Debbie) Taubert, Brenda (Donn) Hill, and Brent (Jodi) Taubert; 34 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Lois Fullington, Ruth Price, Rachel Olson, Nancy Yeske, Judy Petrezelka and Mark Lundberg.
Deborah was preceded in death by her husband, Floren Taubert; her parents, Roland and Margaret Lundberg; her stepmother, Rose Lundberg; her brothers, Keith Lundberg and Phil Lundberg; and one grandson, Ryan Taubert.
Memorials may be directed to the following: Taubert Family Living Trust, Pleasant View Cemetery, or the Gideons.
Arrangements were provided by Hartqiust Funeral Home of Luverne, hartquistfuneral.com.
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